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Lem/rs Puma No. 92,500, damzJuzy 13,1869.

IMPRO'VVEMENT IN HARVESTERS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making nari. ybf the same,V

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, D. H. VILdU's and S. M. DENNY, of Harveysbin'g, in the county of Warren, in the State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Reaping-Machines; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference lbeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to-the letters of reference marked thereon.'

-In the following description, we shall denominate that side of the machinewhich will' occupy a position next to the standing'v grain the outer side, and that side next to the stubble the inner side of the machine.

Figure l represents a side elevation of the inner side of the machine. p

Figure 2 represents a plan view of the machine, with a portion of the platform broken away. to'exhibtthe gearing, tc.

Figure 3 represents a portion of the diivers platform, the shipping-lever, treadle-lever, and shippingrod. l

Our invention relates to a new and simple arrangement of mechanism for receiving and depositing the gavel, which will be fully explained herein.

The two driving-wheels, A B, `are securely fixed to their axle, upon which the large gear-wheel C is also secured, and these three wheels and their axle revolve together.

The drivers'- platform, D, rests upon the axle of wheels A B, suitable boxes being'provided, luider the platform D, to receive the axle.

Also, underneath this platform, .there are suitable boxes, for. supporting shaft a, which is provided with the loose pinion b and clutch c.' l

The rear end of shaft a extends outward beyond platform-D, and is furnished with a pulley, d, which receives band e.

The latter also passes around pulley j, on the front' end of roller g.

` The clutch-shipping lever h is pivoted underneath the platform D.` Y

One end of leer his provided with a groove,-which embraces the rim @which is attached to movable portion of clutcho, and the other end of lever hispro- .vided with a'j hole,`.through which the bent rod'j will pass freely.' The shippingrodfyis connected to treadle-lever E, by means of an'eye-bolt, as represented in fig. 3. There; is -a block, la, connected with a portion of the frame, under platform D,'haviug a suitable hole through it, for thc shipping-rodj to work, when caused to move up and down by the t1eadle-lever-E-,.to which it is connected.

The grain-platibrm is secured, in the usual manner,

to the rear of the drivels platform. f

Two arms, Z fm, support the shaft or., to which th curved .lingers o are attached.

p is an arm, passingthrough a slot, q, in the end of treadle-lever E; and as this rod or arm p is secured to shaft u, the movement of the treadle-lever E actuates the gavel-deliverer M.

The endless apron H surrounds the grain-platform, and at each end thereof there is a roller, g, which supports the endless aproniH, as represented in iig. 2.

These rollers g are journalled in the frame L X.

By the progressive movement of the machine, the driving and supporting-wheels A B, will cause the gear-wheel C to drive pinion l), and the movable part of clutch c being in contact with that part of the clutch fastened to pinion l), theshaft a will be revolved, and the pulley d, upon its lend, will, through' belt e, drive the endless apron upon rollers g, inthe direction indicated by arrows :z: a.

The fingers o o, of' delivei'er M', occupy'the position represented in fig. 2, while receiving'a gavel, which is discharged, by the endless -apron H, upon the lingers o o of the deliverer M.

As soon as a proper quantity of grain is thus receivedupon the fingers o o to make a gavel, the driver will place his'foot upon the front end of lever E, and depress it, causing its rear end to be elevated, and, through arm p, a partial rotation is given vto shaft fn, which will carry with it its fingers o, and discharge the gavel upon the vground in the rear of the drivers platform. v

At the same time that thetreadle-lever E causes the discharge of the gavel, as above described, it will draw the bent rod j through the hole in the end of shipper h, and the form of this rod is such that it, in`

passing through the shipper h, will move it laterally upon its pivot, and thereby throw the clutch c ont of connection, and thus stop the action of shafta, and band e, and' cause the endless apron vH to rest, while each gavel is being discharged from deliverer M upon the ground, and until the deliverer returns to the po'- sition shown in iig. 2. V

The dottedl lines o 'o, in iig. 1, represent the position of the fingers when delivering a gavel. AIt will beunderstood, from the foregoing description, that the gavel-deliverer M is at rest while the vendless apron H, which receives the out grain, is in motion, to convey the grain to the deliverer, and that the apron H will remain at .rest while the deliv.- erer M discharges its gavel and returns to receive another.A

A suitable shelf may be employed to aid the apron H to deliver its load of grain upon the deliverers fingers.

A simple shaft, with two arms standing 'at right angles thereto,`may be employed, instead of the bent rodj, for actuating the shipper Ah'.

It should not be onitted herein to state that there clutch c, arranged and operating in combination With are two supports, F, upon platform D, in which the deliverer M and apron H, substantially as and for the bolt rests, 'upon which the treadle-lever Eis supported 'purpose described.

and oscillates, as it is actuated by the driver, for the I). H. VVILGUS. purposes described. S. M. DEN'NY.

Having fully described our invention, l What we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat- Witnesses: ent, is- H. I. K. PECK,

The treadle-lever E, ami p, rod j, shipper 7:, and A. L. PECK. 

